Khổng Minh Tuấn. Khổng Minh Tuấn, the deputy director of the Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control (CDC), talks to the Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the current COVID-19 pandemic situation in Hà Nội. Will the number of COVID-19 cases in the city continue to increase in the coming days? As of Saturday, Hà Nội has implemented social distancing according to Directive No. 17/CT-UBND issued by the Chairman of the Hà Nội People’s Committee for one week. We will be able to trace most of the F0s after seven to 10…
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A 15 per cent reduction will be applied to electricity prices for households in provinces and cities applying social distancing. Photo moit.gov.vn HÀ NỘI — The Prime Minister has approved the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s proposal to cut power bills for households for two months in provinces and cities applying social distancing, the ministry announced on Saturday. A 15 per cent reduction will be applied to electricity prices for households which have electricity consumption of up to 200kWh per month while households which have electricity consumption of more than 200kWh will receive a 10 per cent discount. The reduction…
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Archers Nguyễn Hoàng Phi Vũ and Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt (right) train in Tokyo for their Olympic competitions. — Photo courtesy of Việt Nam Olympics Team HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese archers have not made a mark on the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo but the young athletes are amongst the nation’s brightest stars and will be supported in their future endeavours. Nguyễn Hoàng Phi Vũ and Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt competed in the men’s and women’s individual events but they were ousted from the first round. According to coach Ngô Hải Nam however, their presence at the…
Leather sculpture artist Nguyễn Ngọc Diệu Linh at work. Photos courtesy of the artist Nguyễn Ngọc Diệu Linh still remembers the moment she first touched a piece of scrap leather that a friend gifted her six years ago. Holding the leather in her hand, Linh, 33, from Hà Nội, wanted to use it to make a small beautiful souvenir to keep by her side. This small act stirred her curiosity, and inspired her to study in a new field known as cowhide sculpture, an elaborate technique of carving, embossing and dyeing the surface of cow leather with herbs.…
By Bảo Hoa While it is always good for the younger generation to know about their country’s past, getting them hooked on history is invariably a challenge. History classes are rarely what students look forward to, and visiting museums to see historical artefacts hardly gets their blood running either. As an antidote to this, a self-taught artist in Thái Bình Province is sharing Việt Nam’s history in a way that appeals to everybody, including teenagers and young adults. Going by the pseudonym Michael Angle, the Vietnamese graphic designer makes ball-jointed dolls and toy figures that…
Phan Thanh Cảnh hopes Vietnamese basketball can raise its level. Photo courtesy of Phan Thanh Cảnh Phan Thanh Cảnh is the only domestic coach in the Việt Nam Basketball Association (VBA) and has been head coach of the Danang Dragons for three years. Before that, he served five years as an assistant coach for Saigon Heat and the Vietnamese national team. As the only Vietnamese coach in the VBA, Cảnh is living proof that a Vietnamese can lead a team to compete at the highest levels. Thanh Nga talks to him about his career in coaching.…
PERFECT PIES: Frozen pizza with up to 10 different toppings can be ordered from the Amoza website.Photo courtesy of the shop Since last weekend, Hà Nội has been under a strict lockdown. But what does this mean for your average man and woman on the street? Households must distance from other households, communities must distance from other communities, and so it follows for wards, villages, districts and provinces. People must stay in one place, but necessities such as food and medication can be transported by drivers who test negative for the virus and thus can…
Olympics Vietnamese runner Quách Thị Lan practises at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium ahead of her 400m hurdles event today. — Photo Việt Nam Olympics Team HÀ NỘI — Quách Thị Lan is the last Vietnamese athlete to compete at the Tokyo Games after all of her teammates were defeated in various sports. Lan will compete in the women’s 400m hurdles today. The Asian champion has been offered a place at the Games because she could not participate in any qualification round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a big gap between Vietnamese athletes and the world in track and field as well…
Olympics Vietnamese Quách Thị Lan (right) competes in the women’s 400m hurdles heat together with USA’s Sydney McLaughlin, Denmark’s Sara Slott Petersen and Panama’s Gianna Woodruff (from left to right) during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 31. AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Quách Thị Lan has made Olympic history after she advanced to the women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals this morning in Tokyo. The Vietnamese runner placed fifth in Heat 3 of qualifications with a time of 55.71 seconds. It is her seasonal best but did not initially allow her to enter semi-finals. However, after Jamaican Leah Nugent was disqualified for a lane infringement…